Private investigator Nick Danger will die tonite in the electric
chair for the cold-blooded murder of Anselmo Von Pederazzi, said former
Police Lieutanant Alvin Bradshaw in a terse statement to newsmen this
afternoon. Bradshaw, his oily hair glistening in the glare of
flashbulbs, confirmed what had been rumored since Danger was captured,
the murder pistol in his hand, standing over the body of the wealthy
importer in his mansion in Gumm heights.

The case, which has electrified the city and brought national
attention to the hard-fighting Bradshaw, seems now to be over. The fact
that Danger has not actually been brought to trial seems to bother no
one at City Hall. "It'd a foregone conclusion that this Dick will die!"
stated Mayor Chester Cadaver in a prepared statement issued minutes
after Bradshaw's press conference.

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COMEDY EMSEMBLE Releases First Spoken Word Compact Disc

The legendary ensemble, Firesign Theatre, made audio history today
when they released their latest recording "The Three Faces Of Al," in
the compact disc format. While hundreds of music CDs have been issued
in the past year the Firesign Theatre has once again blazed a new trail
in recording science by not only issuing the first spoken word recording
using the laser format, but also on that is digitally mixed and
mastered.

Unlike anyone else, the Firesign perform surrealistic theatrical
comedy using multi-layered dialogue and state of the art greatly
enhanced by the use of the compact disc format.

-Rhino Reagan

'INTIMIDATION' CHARGED

WASHINGTON (AP) - Dr. Glenn Frump, chairman of theRepublican
committee on program, charged in a statement tonight that Senate lobby
investigating committee "is part of a carefully laid out campaign of
terror and intimidation against the newspapers and magazines of the
country which

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Editorial

ANCHOVIES FLOOD CITY

By Oliver Snake - A most insidious web of crime and addiction had
slowed the pace of life in the Metropolitan area, bringing with it a
climate of fear and dreaminess unmatched in the annals of the
Underworld. The plague of the Anchovy, imported from the mysterious
East, has swept through the levels of society in an unprecedented

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Cubs Can Cinch Today

CHICAGO (AP) - In the strangest World Series in recent memory, the
underdog Chicago Cubs have brought their

Susan Strull - The Nick Danger Adventure called "The Tree Faces of
Al" was written and performed by the Firesign Theatre; Phil Austin,
Peter Bergman and Phil Proctor. The recording and writing stretched
between July and December 1983... like a slender shaft of golden light
catching at the rooftops of Paris.

Some characters and situations were originally conceived by Phil
Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman and Phil Proctor.

The story was produced and mixed by The Firesign Theatre and Fred
Jones. It was engineered by Peter Cutler and recorded at Fred Jones
Recording Services in Hollywood, California.

Art and design are by Bruce Litz. Typography by ITC Advertising.

This record is an analog recording, digitally mixed and mastered.

Our special thanks to Oona Austin for food and background and to
Harold and Richard at Rhino.

By Hildegard Pleen - A clever gift idea, Brooms Made by the Insane,
looks to be a popular Holiday sales item, according to Sol Gentilneim,
President of the Area Insane Retailers Association. The brooms, whose
uses are sometimes not apparent from their appearances, have proven to
be clever conversation pieces and point-of-sale attractions in gift and
light industrial machinery shops since their introduction in the spring.
The most popular is the no-bristle model.

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ROCOCO INKS DEAL WITH RED NET

Hollywood - Bigshot Reginald (Rocky) Rococo announced today that his
ventures into Show Business are beginning to pay off. A nervous Howard
P. Scholsenvitx, Vice President of the Red Network, had a prepared
statement to reporters from behind a closed door to the effect that the
Network will pay Rococo